Kamala Harris was less than 20ft from pipe bomb during Jan 6 attack, new Homeland Security report reveals

Vice President Kamala Harris was less than 20 feet from a “viable” pipe bomb on January 6, according to a new report from Homeland Security’s internal watchdog.

The Office of the Inspector General released its report on Friday detailing the Secret Service’s preparation for, and response to, the events of January 6, 2021. Five people died and hundreds were injured in the Capitol assault, where rioters aimed to prevent the certification of the election for President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

Among the shocking revelations was that Harris, then vice president-elect, was within close range to a “viable” pipe bomb that Secret Security had missed in a security sweep.

“The pipe bomb had been placed near the [Democratic National Committee] building the night before”, the report states, but Secret Service personnel did not identify it during their security sweep on the morning of January 6.

Harris, traveling in an armored vehicle with her motorcade, entered the building via a ramp within 20 feet of the pipe bomb,” the report said. The DNC building is half a mile south of the Capitol building.

Harris was in the DNC building for approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes before the pipe bomb was discovered and she was evacuated, according to the report.

The pipe bomb was found in the bushes near a bench outside the building, 20ft from the driveway to the garage entrance where Harris entered the building. The explosive was found in an area that was not included in “advance security sweeps.”

Two Capitol Police officers discovered the explosive device at the DNC building, not Secret Service, which did not employ “all of its explosive detection tactics and measures” for the security sweep, and instead deployed its “canine teams” at the